This had the consequence that a day later, coach Peter Bosz was sacked and immediately replaced with former 1.FC Cologne boss Peter Stöger. Rumor has it that BVB already talked to Stöger in the offseason after having fired Thomas Tuchel, as the former was still successfully active in Germany’s fourth-largest city.

On Saturday evening, tied Schalke 04 1-1, thanks to an unlucky Jannik Vestergaard own-goal. But that was enough to put both these teams into the top four.

On a snowy Sunday across Germany, Cologne let slide a 3-0 lead to lose 4-3 to SC Freiburg and is therefore still waiting for its first Bundesliga win of the season.

On Monday afternoon, the draws of both UEFA club competitions took place.

The only Bundesliga representative left in the Champions League, Bayern Munich was drawn against Besiktas Istanbul in the Round of 16 there.
In the Europa League Round of 32, Borussia Dortmund will play Atalanta Bergamo, while RB Leipzig faces SSC Napoli.